tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732808458531819052.post4716098967524238289..comments2023-11-02T02:36:59.300-07:00Comments on AD NAUSEAM: Cover Me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732808458531819052.post-75001796766929792092009-02-22T23:23:00.000-08:002009-02-22T23:23:00.000-08:00Yeah, you totally made him a Gorn! The one time I ...Yeah, you totally made him a Gorn! The one time I took my sketchbook to GATORLAND (a must do when in the greater Orlando area) the thing I came away with for alligators and crocodiles is that they have bulky necks. I'd incorporate that. <BR/><BR/>And of course, then scratch together some sulfur, coal, and saltpeter to diamond-shotgun him while Spock keeps saying "yes...YES" keeping the rest of the Bridge in the dark.Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800826559680819547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732808458531819052.post-51195809899318074692009-02-21T19:35:00.000-08:002009-02-21T19:35:00.000-08:00When we were younger, my brother was heavy into th...When we were younger, my brother was heavy into the Star Trek novels while I was plowing through Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Avenger with Conan being the one area where we crossed over. <BR/><BR/>I've read my share of science fiction - Robert Heinlein was a favortie - and Stephen King, but since my college days it has been mystery and detective fiction that has held the place of honor on my night stand.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15896853636391031482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732808458531819052.post-17813344584329888752009-02-21T15:48:00.000-08:002009-02-21T15:48:00.000-08:00Suzanne, Mike had some of the PERN novels too but ...Suzanne, Mike had some of the PERN novels too but when I asked about them he said he couldn't recommend them. I think he read some of Zimmer Bradley's other stuff but, though I think he liked it, he didn't think I would.<BR/><BR/>Warren, looks like I touched a nerve! I'm into Lovecraft now, having bought a comprehensive collection of his work. I have to read it in small chunks because it's pretty chewy stuff. But good! Been meaning to check out Howard's CONAN stuff and some of his short stories. Never got into Ellison (yet) but who doesn't dig Poe!?? I frequent Michael Slade's website and some of his fans (including Suze and me) went to Baltimore to see him at a convention. We all rode out (about ten of us) to Poe's gravesite after dark where Slade read "Telltale Heart" to us. Unfortunately, police helicopters kept circling overhead, so it was hard to hear but it sure was cool.Matt Wieringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01302122744904811081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732808458531819052.post-4907160121478829462009-02-21T12:46:00.000-08:002009-02-21T12:46:00.000-08:00Lovely post. It made me think about the stuff I r...Lovely post. It made me think about the stuff I read when I was a kid. I was big into H.P. Lovecraft for a while. I also read all the R.E. Howard Conan stories. (I skipped over the Lin Carter and L. Sprague DeCamp tales, because they just didn't seem legit -- you could tell Howard didn't write them.) I would go to the book store and look in the front of anthology books and if most of the stories therein had originally been published in Weird Tales, I'd buy the book.<BR/><BR/>When I hit my mid-teens, I discovered Harlan Ellison. Totally blew my mind. My mom thought he was just another science fiction writer; that I was just reading about spacemen and aliens. When she noticed I was starting to amass a bunch of his books, she asked who he was, and I told her he was one of the writers of Star Trek. A white lie. If she had known some of the subject matter of his stories, it would have hit the fan.<BR/><BR/>I read Michael Moorcock also. I didn't understand all of what I read, but I always felt like I was looking into a parallel world when I read his books.<BR/><BR/>And there was Tolkein, Bradbury, Asimov, Poe, Norton... Wow. I don't read nearly as much cool stuff now as I did then. Lazy, I guess?<BR/><BR/>I got into Stephen King shortly after H.S. when the Shining came out. Peter Straub was another fave around that time. Today, I appreciate King's literary non-horror shorts moreso than his horror. Hearts in Atlantis surpassed the Shining as my favorite King book. And the stories in Different Seasons really show how great a writer he is.<BR/><BR/>I love it when you post stuff that makes me think about stuff. :)Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05863327737967527942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732808458531819052.post-59455583105536281302009-02-20T06:01:00.000-08:002009-02-20T06:01:00.000-08:00I loved M.Z. Bradley too--I read The Mists of Aval...I loved M.Z. Bradley too--I read The Mists of Avalon about 4 times in my mddle/high school years, which is a big deal considering it is such a big book (amazon puts it at 912p; the print is tiny too.)<BR/><BR/>I liked Tanith Lee and Anne McCaffery too. I did not know boys read that stuff! Mike and I would have had a lot to talk about.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128068585427038673noreply@blogger.com